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The Future of Human Development
From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful: Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East - Part 2 of 3
When clients need more than insight – the power of Clinical EFT in the coaching practice
Why Coaches Should Consider Adding LEGO® Serious Play® to Their Toolkit - Part 2 of 2
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From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East — Part 3 of 3
In Parts 1, I shared how I stepped off what I called the ‘corporate merry-go-round’ and discovered coaching while living in Qatar. After travelling to Australia to train as a professional coach, it opened a possibility I had not imagined before: create a coaching ‘school’ in Doha. In Part 2, that idea became real through relationships, unexpected invitations and, eventually, my partnership with Marie Quigley and the creation of Empower World. In 2015, the work had also taken me into another community that would also become very dear to my heart. Rachel Petero, a Māori leader who had completed our training in Doha, invited me to partner with her on her programme Rise2025.
The Future of Human Development
It was in the Sydney gym where I met Fiona Taylor. She was training for the Olympics in Wind Surfing. After working with her I funded my way to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, buying a round-the-world ti...
From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful: Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East - Part 2 of 3
Empower World - the first coach training organisation established in Doha, Qatar, the Middle East (as far as we've been able to identify) opened its doors in 2012, and is still going today. As two women co-founders – we were and very proud of what we have been able to create - in a place where many businesses struggle to succeed without assistance.
Sports
The Future of Human Development
It was in the Sydney gym where I met Fiona Taylor. She was training for the Olympics in Wind Surfing. After working with her I funded my way to the 1992 Barcelona Olympics, buying a round-the-world ti...
Technocoach
Optimizing the Use of Technology in Effective Sports Coaching.
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GRAND FINAL GRABS – WHAT I’VE LEARNT ABOUT PEOPLE AND PERFORMANCE UNDER PRESSURE.
Business
From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East — Part 3 of 3
In Parts 1, I shared how I stepped off what I called the ‘corporate merry-go-round’ and discovered coaching while living in Qatar. After travelling to Australia to train as a professional coach, it opened a possibility I had not imagined before: create a coaching ‘school’ in Doha. In Part 2, that idea became real through relationships, unexpected invitations and, eventually, my partnership with Marie Quigley and the creation of Empower World. In 2015, the work had also taken me into another community that would also become very dear to my heart. Rachel Petero, a Māori leader who had completed our training in Doha, invited me to partner with her on her programme Rise2025.
From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful: Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East - Part 2 of 3
Empower World - the first coach training organisation established in Doha, Qatar, the Middle East (as far as we've been able to identify) opened its doors in 2012, and is still going today. As two women co-founders – we were and very proud of what we have been able to create - in a place where many businesses struggle to succeed without assistance.
Why Coaches Should Consider Adding LEGO® Serious Play® to Their Toolkit - Part 2 of 2
I first encountered LEGO Serious Play about ten years ago. What stood out was not the novelty of the materials, but the way the methodology helped people think differently, surface assumptions and talk about complex issues with more openness and clarity.
Life
When clients need more than insight – the power of Clinical EFT in the coaching practice
Most clients come to coaching because they feel stuck somewhere in their life. Perhaps they feel stuck in their career, their health, in relationships, maybe they’re looking for a sense of purpose, to develop their spirituality or grow their inner confidence.
From Merry-Go-Round to Meaningful: Building a Coaching Practice in the Middle East - Part 1 of 3
I had spent years in the corporate world in Australia and then the UK - essentially moving money through business development and marketing roles, managing projects, and supporting organisations and teams to function more efficiently. I met wonderful people everywhere I went, and it paid well. And it also left me feeling deeply hollow.
Beyond Models, Markers and Powerful Questions: What Coaching Mastery Really Requires
After more than two decades in coaching, thousands of hours in the coaching chair, and many more spent mentoring, assessing and educating coaches, I have become increasingly convinced of something that may sound slightly provocative: We can teach people the mechanics of coaching relatively quickly. Developing a coach is something else entirely.
Specialty
Why LEGO Serious Play Is the Creative Problem Solving Tool Managers Didn’t Know They Needed - Part 1 of 2
I first stumbled across LEGO Serious Play about a decade ago. At the time, my initial reaction was admittedly light-hearted: imagine having a tax-deductible LEGO collection. I laughed, parked the idea, and moved on. It wasn’t until years later, while leading a major national reform, that LEGO Serious Play re-entered my world in a far more meaningful way.
Identify a news angle
The messages I receive from small business owners usually start the same - “I’ve tried to contact a whole lot of newspapers giving them this great story, but…
Is Your Career in Focus? Coaching and Procrastination
As a career coach, my client’s needs differ, with common themes being career change, professional development coaching and also coaching to become experts in…
Career
Coaching Life Podcast Set to Give Every Coach a Voice
Our new audio series will spotlight the stories behind coaching, explore the issues shaping the profession, and give coaches a stronger voice across Australia’s life, employment, corporate, community and sporting sectors.
From Resistance to Mastery: Trusting the Coaching Competencies
Many practitioners - whether newly trained or working toward advanced credentialing admit they sometimes experience the coaching competencies as limiting.
Q&A with MCC and Coach Course Leader at ACAP University College, Mark Setch
If you’ve spent a long time in the professional coaching industry, chances are you have come across Mark Setch. Coaching Course Leader at the Australian College for Applied Professions (ACAP) University College, Mark is an MCC, clocking up thousands of hours across his career.
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